Pro

  • enhances workflow:
    • everybody can see the latest version and make changes (control over & responsibility for the final work is not in the hand of one student but all group members)
  • independent of time & space
  • availability during class: some students added feedback to their presentation to their wiki page during the session

Con

  • why present a topic that is already available on the wiki?
  • some users did not use the wiki to make changes but emailed their contributions to a group member that was responsible for the wiki-page
    • possible reasons:
      • technical barrier
    • possible remedy:
      • not only wiki-intro-workshop but also wiki-warm up
  • some users developed the text in a text-file and copy-pasted it to the wiki (this sometimes results in editing problems)
  • wiki = additional work